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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ47 Super-Zoom Camera Announced
Today, Panasonic announced the Lumix DMC-FZ47 to its super-zoom FZ-Series lineup. The Lumix FZ47 features 12.1-megapixels, 1920 x 1080 full-HD AVCHD video recording, an ultra-wide angle 25mm Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens with 24x optical zoom and Nano Surface Coating technology to minimize light reflection, and Panasonic’s new Creative Control and Photo Style options. Other features […]
Read More »Olympus E-P3 Pen Camera Hands-On Intro And Video
Olympus has announced a new flagship Micro Four Thirds Pen camera. The Olympus E-P3 Pen is a solid, metal-bodied camera with a new 12-megapixel sensor, 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video and a new 3-inch OLED touch screen display. Olympus sent me an E-P3 a couple of weeks ago so I could play with it, shoot […]
Read More »New Pentax Q Interchangeable Lens Camera System
Pentax is now part of the compact system / mirrorless camera movement. Yesterday, they announced their own take on the compact system camera along with 5 lenses for the new system. The 12.4-megapixel Pentax Q takes “compact” a step further than other compact system cameras with a smaller, 1/2.3-inch backlit CMOS image sensor, making it […]
Read More »Lytro Camera Allows Photos To Be Focused After Capture
A new camera designed by Silicon Valley startup Lytro was all over the Internet yesterday. What sets Lytro’s “light field” camera apart is photos taken with it can be focused and refocused after the picture is taken. They accomplish this by using a microlens array that captures light from a wider range of angles than […]
Read More »New X-Rite i1Display Pro and ColorMunki Display Color Management Solutions
Today, color measurement equipment manufacturer X-Rite, announced two new color management solutions to ensure photographers get predictable, controlled color. The X-Rite i1Display Pro and ColorMunki Display packages provide the hardware and software necessary for calibrating computer monitors, laptop displays and projectors as well as compensating for ambient light. If you’re not using some sort of […]
Read More »Leica Announces Restyled M9-P Digital Rangefinder
By Photo-John
Leica News
Leica has announced a new, restyled M-Series digital rangefinder, the M9-P. The Leica M9-P is an, ” ultra-discreet version of the Leica M9,” “designed particularly for professional photographers.” The Leica M9-P uses the same 18-megapixel full-frame sensor as the M9 and all features and functionality appear to be the same. The main difference between the […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix GF3 Micro Four Thirds Camera Announced
Panasonic has a new compact, interchangeable lens Micro Four Thirds camera, the GF3. The Panasonic Lumix GF3 gets many of the features introduced a few weeks ago in the G3 (Panasonic Lumix G3 announcement) but in a smaller package and with a lower resolution 12-megapixel sensor. As far as basic specs, it’s very similar to […]
Read More »Sony Alpha SLT-A35 Announced
There’s a new transparent mirror camera in the Sony Alpha family. Welcome the Sony Alpha SLT-A35 to the world. The A35 is an entry-level 16-megapixel DSLR-style camera with an electronic viewfinder, a 3-inch LCD display and 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video. Like our 2010 Camera Of The Year, the Sony Alpha SLT-A55, the new A35 […]
Read More »Sony Alpha NEX-C3 Announced
Last year Sony entered the compact system camera space with their popular Alpha NEX-5 and NEX-3 cameras. The NEX cameras combined compact camera size and styling with interchangeable lenses and digital SLR image quality. Last week Sony introduced their first update to the NEX concept, the NEX-C3. Like the NEX-5 and NEX-3, the NEX-C3 has […]
Read More »Leica V-Lux 30 Pocket Superzoom Camera Announced
There’s a new Leica pocket camera on the market. The Leica V-Lux 30 is a 14-megapixel pocket superzoom with a 16x zoom lens (24 to 384mm equivalent), a 3-inch touch screen LCD, GPS, a 3D mode, and of course, full HD video. Pocket superzooms are my favorite compact cameras because they’re so easy to take […]
Read More »Hasselblad H4D-200MS Camera – 200-Megapixel Photos
If the $9700 15-megapixel Sigma SD1 DSLR announced last week isn’t enough for you, maybe the latest from Hasselblad should be your next camera. The Hasselblad H4D-200MS medium format digital camera system was announced last September at the Photokina tradeshow in Germany. The H4D-200MS uses a high-resolution digital back on a Hasselblad H-Series medium format […]
Read More »Sigma SD1 Digital SLR Pricing – $9700?
Sigma SD1 – Call Me a Skeptic Sigma has announced that the SD1 digital SLR they showed last fall at the 2010 Photokina tradeshow will be available in June for US $9700. Yes, you read that right. The new Sigma SD1 will be priced at close to $10,000. Sigma is justifying the price with a […]
Read More »Lexar Introduces Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Card Reader
Lexar has introduced a new dual slot USB 3.0 card reader. The Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader takes SD and Compact Flash memory cards and can transfer photos as fast as 500MB per second – that’s six times faster than USB 2.0 card readers. Of course, you have to have a computer that supports […]
Read More »Redesigned Think Tank Speed Convertible Camera Bags
By Photo-John
Bags News
The Think Tank Photo Speed camera waist pack has been reborn as a shoulder bag. The new Speed Convertible Series camera bags, Speed Demon V2.0, Speed Freak V2.0, and Speed Racer V2.0 now have a “disappearing” belt and a padded shoulder strap. I took a look back at the original Speed Demon waist pack and […]
Read More »Lowepro Compact Courier Camera Bags Announced
The EVIL / compact system / Micro Four Thirds camera accessory market has started to heat up and Lowepro is jumping in with a new line of camera cases designed specifically for the new camera category. Lowepro says the Compact Courier Series is, “ideal for the increasingly popular interchangeable lens compact cameras (ILC) such as […]
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